Rubik's Cube

[Fishnngolfn]

Who here is able at the Rubik's cube (3x3x3), the Rubik's Revenge (4x4x4), and the Rubik's Professor (5x5x5)?

I have figured out a way that will work on any cube, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, etc. It is a combination of the "cage" method and common sense. It is by no means the fastest but you can solve any cube once you figure out a few steps. I have yet to load a "how to" video onto Youtube but I am thinking about it.

[robertmee]

Originally Posted by Fishnngolfn

Who here is able at the Rubik's cube (3x3x3), the Rubik's Revenge (4x4x4), and the Rubik's Professor (5x5x5)?

I have figured out a way that will work on any cube, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, etc. It is a combination of the "cage" method and common sense. It is by no means the fastest but you can solve any cube once you figure out a few steps. I have yet to load a "how to" video onto Youtube but I am thinking about it.

Done the 3x3 and 4x4....Never seen the 5x5.

My 'record' on the 3x3 was around 42 seconds....I remember the kid on That's Incredible (telling my age now) doing it in 14 seconds.

[1/4 stick]

Haven't messed with one since the 80's. Finally figured out how to take it apart and put it back together with all sides matching. Which worked better for multible times than peeling the stickers off and glueing them back in order. They always told me to think outside the box.

[bamabassman]

here's what you do with a "cube". go to wally world, find the paint dept. get a can and spray the WHOLE dang thang. then after it dries...THROW IT AWAY!! hahahahahahahaha. that's what i did back in da 80's.

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by robertmee

Done the 3x3 and 4x4....Never seen the 5x5.

My 'record' on the 3x3 was around 42 seconds....I remember the kid on That's Incredible (telling my age now) doing it in 14 seconds.

I remember that kid on That's Incredible. Are we really that old?

My best on a 3x3 is 63 seconds. I can consistently do the 4x4 under 5 minutes and the 5x5 consistently under 12 minutes. I do them at work when I need a break from work. Believe it or not solving them is a stress reliever.

[robertmee]

Originally Posted by Fishnngolfn

I remember that kid on That's Incredible. Are we really that old?

My best on a 3x3 is 63 seconds. I can consistently do the 4x4 under 5 minutes and the 5x5 consistently under 12 minutes. I do them at work when I need a break from work. Believe it or not solving them is a stress reliever.

To show you how geeky we were, we took 'em apart and greased them w/ vaseline...Makes them faster.

[Tryinhard]

I smashed mine with a hammer never had much patience but I'm workin on getting some with the kids lol

[3dkicker]

A couple students had one out in the hall last year. They asked me if I could solve one side so I did and they stood in amazement as I did it. So I solved two sides and left them standing there. I've forgotten the combination I learn all those years ago for the 3x3. Yep, learned to take it apart and grease the insides but never went back together right ever again. I think we, someone in my family, still has an original somewhere.

[cassidyta]

The only thing I ever considered them good for was target practice. You know you got good with the BB gun when you could call which square you were going to hit.

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by robertmee

To show you how geeky we were, we took 'em apart and greased them w/ vaseline...Makes them faster.

Let me show you how geeky I am with the cubes. They actually sell a silicon spray now just for the cubes. Vaseline will tend to ruin them over time, so I am told. I purchased Eastsheen cubes from a place in China that is not a Rubik's brand. They turn much easier and tend not to break or come apart like the Rubik's brand.

I have them at work and love the look on my coworkers' faces when I solve them in front of them. Some of the times I will go slow acting like I am confused and don't know how to solve the rest of it. I impressed my boss the other day with a 5x5x5 solve.

[robertmee]

Originally Posted by Fishnngolfn

Let me show you how geeky I am with the cubes.

You win

[doc]

Originally Posted by robertmee

You win

I can read binary


01110011011001010110010100100000011010010010000001 11010001101111011011000110010000100000011110010110 11110111010100100000011010010010000001100011011011 11011101010110110001100100001000000111001001100101 01100001011001000010000001100010011010010110111001 1000010111001001111001

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by doc

I can read binary


01110011011001010110010100100000011010010010000001 11010001101111011011000110010000100000011110010110 11110111010100100000011010010010000001100011011011 11011101010110110001100100001000000111001001100101 01100001011001000010000001100010011010010110111001 1000010111001001111001

You win!!!

[Captmikestarrett]

a special message for you...

Capt Mike

[MississippiBoy]

Originally Posted by doc

I can read binary


01110011011001010110010100100000011010010010000001 11010001101111011011000110010000100000011110010110 11110111010100100000011010010010000001100011011011 11011101010110110001100100001000000111001001100101 01100001011001000010000001100010011010010110111001 1000010111001001111001

"see i told you i could read binary"

01101001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101001 01101101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100101 01100100

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

"see i told you i could read binary"

01101001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101001 01101101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100101 01100100

"I am not impressed"

I have now entered the realm of geek-hood.

01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011 01110011

[bamabassman]

loading shotgun now........................

[CarpMan]

Less than one second

[MrPhotographer06]

Originally Posted by fishnngolfn

"i am not impressed"

i have now entered the realm of geek-hood.

01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011 01110011

01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011 01110011 00101110 00101110 00101110 01110111 01101000 01101111 01110011 00100000 01100111 01110101 01101110 01101110 01100001 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00111111 00100000 01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100 00111111

[Sluggo Man]

Those things should be illegal. My technique to solving them is to smash them with a hammer and say, "Ha! Solve that!"

[cassidyta]

For those of us not living in the matrix....

http://www.tekmom.com/buzzwords/binaryalphabet.html

[doc]

Originally Posted by MrPhotographer06

01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011 01110011 00101110 00101110 00101110 01110111 01101000 01101111 01110011 00100000 01100111 01110101 01101110 01101110 01100001 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00111111 00100000 01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100 00111111

"man this code is for geeks...whos gunna take the time to decode it all? hahaha this is kinda long aint it?"

00111000001101100011011100101101001101010011001100 11000000111001001000000000110100001010011001000110 00010110110101101110001000000111100101101111011101 01001000000111010001101111011011010110110101111001 00100000011101000111011101101111001000000111010001 10111101101110011001010111001100101100001000000110 01000110000101101101011011100010000001111001011011 1101110101

[MrPhotographer06]

Originally Posted by doc

"man this code is for geeks...whos gunna take the time to decode it all? Hahaha this is kinda long aint it?"

00111000001101100011011100101101001101010011001100 11000000111001001000000000110100001010011001000110 00010110110101101110001000000111100101101111011101 01001000000111010001101111011011010110110101111001 00100000011101000111011101101111001000000111010001 10111101101110011001010111001100101100001000000110 01000110000101101101011011100010000001111001011011 1101110101

01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100011 00101110 00101110 00101110 01101100 01101111 01101100 00101110 00101110 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110111 01101001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01101011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01100101 01101110 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101010 01100101 01101110 01101110 01111001 00111111

[Jim80]

god all the zeros and ones are making my eyes hurt and I'm starting to feel a little dizzy now the room is spinning damn all this code my feeble mind can't take it

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by cassidyta

For those of us not living in the matrix....

http://www.tekmom.com/buzzwords/binaryalphabet.html

Or for those who like to cut and paste - Binary Translator